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Development of an Improved Assay for Purine Nucleoside Kinase Activity in Cell Extracts and Detection of Inosine Kinase Activity in Brevibacterium acetylicum ATCC 953, Related Species, and Corynebacterium flaccumfaciens ATCC 6887

Hisashi KAWASAKIApplied Microbiology Laboratory, Fermentation and Biotechnology Laboratories, Ajinomoto Co., Inc.
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Yoshihiro USUDAApplied Microbiology Laboratory, Fermentation and Biotechnology Laboratories, Ajinomoto Co., Inc.
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Megumi SHIMAOKAApplied Microbiology Laboratory, Fermentation and Biotechnology Laboratories, Ajinomoto Co., Inc.
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Takashi UTAGAWAApplied Microbiology Laboratory, Fermentation and Biotechnology Laboratories, Ajinomoto Co., Inc.
Pages 761-766 | Received 25 Oct 1999, Accepted 07 Dec 1999, Published online: 22 May 2014

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